brilliant for your business’s profile, all the more now that social media has such influence and reach. But I equate praise with trends; they’re both fleeting. For that reason, I don’t really follow trends, I try to keep myself inspired doing things I really enjoy and working with materials I love. The biggest compliment I can be paid is by a client who walks into the space I’ve designed for them, and they immediately relax and tell me they feel at home. That’s when I know I’ve done my job. WHEN YOU TAKE ON A PROJECT, HOW DOES ART FIT INTO YOUR BRIEF? Every environment I work on will be an amalgamation of my client’s lifestyle and passions, as translated through my vision. It’s simply not in me to roll out staid and safe show home style rooms. I don’t want the rooms I create to be ‘pleasant’; I want people to walk into them and say ‘wow’! I want them always to have talking points, I want my clients to be quizzed for years to come on where they sourced their furniture, accessories, the elements that transform a room. Again, it’s like being an artist…the worst thing you can say to an artist about their work is “that’s nice”. No artist wants the product of their work and creativity to be ‘nice’. They don’t want people to hang their art on a wall purely because it fits the space well, they want their art to evoke emotions, memories, or at least be a discussion point. Suffice to say, I’d rather be Marmite than vanilla!
When you meet a client for the first time, you don’t yet have a feel
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